Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: Appeal

Part of Question for Urgent Oral Answer – in the Northern Ireland Assembly am 2:45 pm ar 2 Gorffennaf 2024.

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Photo of Naomi Long Naomi Long Alliance 2:45, 2 Gorffennaf 2024

That is a matter for another day. The pressure currently before the Department is to decide whether the overall judgement should be appealed on the basis of the constitutional issues that arise and flow from it. However, as I have said, there are opportunities, including during this term, to redress the imbalance that the court decided on. Alternatively, the sections being struck down means that they are no longer in operation. Therefore, we could simply allow the Act to continue as is: with no control whatsoever over the publication of the names of people who have been accused of but not charged with or convicted of an offence.